The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes poses one of the main challenges for
health systems worldwide. This is particularly relevant in middle-income countries because …

This manuscript presents the results of an analysis that highlights the challenges of diabetes
as a global public health problem. The analysis was conducted in two phases: the first …

BACKGROUND The financial implications of the increase in the prevalence of diabetes in
middle–income countries represents one of the main challenges to health system financing …

Background Mexico has been experiencing some of the most rapid shifts ever recorded in
dietary and physical activity patterns leading to obesity. Diabetes mellitus has played a …

The rapid growth of diabetes in middle-income countries is generating disparities in global
health. In this context we conducted a study to quantify the health disparities from the …

The main objective was to identify economic burden from epidemiological changes and
expected demand for health care services for diabetes in México. The cost evaluation …

Taking diabetes as a tracer of the problem, evidence was used from epidemiological and
economic burden of diabetes on two levels: detailed level, with evidence of the Mexican …

OBJECTIVE—To identify the costs and economic consequences of expected changes in the
demand for health care services for type 2 diabetes in the three main public institutions of …

Aims To describe and compare the health system responses for type 1 diabetes in
Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Peru and Tanzania. Methods The Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin …

Background Diabetes is an expensive disease in Argentina as well as worldwide, and its
prevalence is continuously rising affecting the quality of life of people with the disease and …